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Will Dark Knights ever be good what makes them terrible?

So, Dark Knights have a reputation as one of the worst jobs; there have been various reasons why, but I'd like to have all of them compiled in one place for easy reference. I'd also like opinions to if they'll ever be good. We've all seen the KMS notes from OrangeMushroom and the like, but while I don't really have experience with theorycrafting MapleStory, I know others do, and I'd like them to speak up.

December 24, 2012

21 Comments • Newest first

XueyeHua

I would definitely like to trade out BeholdeN's Healing for either AFA or Damage Reduction :S

Reply January 5, 2013
iChosenDream

[quote=darkspawn980]dunno (nor care much) if we'll be good, we'll certainly be happy though[/quote]

Damage Reduction should also work really well with us since Hyper Body gives us so much Hp anyways >.>

Reply January 4, 2013
darkspawn980

[quote=ramenrulz]Drks will be good once they get % damage reduction.[/quote]

dunno (nor care much) if we'll be good, we'll certainly be happy though

Reply January 3, 2013
iVege

[quote=iChosenDream]He's just misundestood. The reason why you Heroes do so much damage is [b]bacause[/b] of your passives and buffs. AFA, ACA, Combat Mastery and Enrage(for 1v1). Actually, let me rephrase that. You do so much damage because you have a ton of [b]useful[/b] passives/buffs. Compare your passives to Dark Knights and you will see the difference.[/quote]

Yeah, he's just misundestood. I mean, he's a nice guy on the inside, really. Just bacause he's a Wild Hunter doesn't mean he's bad!

Reply January 2, 2013 - edited
iChosenDream

[quote=Marth]You've obviously never played a hero.

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He's just misundestood. The reason why you Heroes do so much damage is [b]bacause[/b] of your passives and buffs. AFA, ACA, Combat Mastery and Enrage(for 1v1). Actually, let me rephrase that. You do so much damage because you have a ton of [b]useful[/b] passives/buffs. Compare your passives to Dark Knights and you will see the difference.

Reply January 2, 2013 - edited
JaththeGod

If Nexon was any good at making MMOs they would have introduced actual MMO mechanics by now. If they did this game would finally be more balanced. Like 1/1 and % dmg from bosses is rediculous. If they took that out Dark Knight would actual be good at something and this game wouldn't be 100% about damage. But nope, Nexon being the bad company they are won't do this making Dark Knight forever useless.

Reply January 1, 2013 - edited
iVege

[quote=EarthsCore]Just my opinion.[/quote]

That is also my opinion.

Reply January 1, 2013 - edited
iVege

[quote=xXlinkedXx]It's their natural skill setup that makes the class have low damage. They have too many passives, and not enough 4th job attacking skills.[/quote]

How do more attacks make you stronger, exactly? Without MM, Rush and Stance in fourth job we can get more passives to boost Impale.

[quote=EarthsCore]Imo they should've just buffed dragon buster to 5 hits with zerk[/quote]

No.

Reply January 1, 2013 - edited
EarthsCore

[quote=EliteWhite]What is good enough for you might not be what is good enough for others. That being said, what is terrible for you might not be that for others. I personally think that Dark Knights are good, even perfect FOR ME. who cares about the survivability and low damage and all those other limitations of a DK? If you do, you wouldn't have, in the first place, played one right? Like what @xXlinkedXx said, we have a bit more passives, but I personally like it that way Just enjoy them, if their revamp is going to occur only after 50 years, are people still going to groan for another 50 years?[/quote]

Only thing I have a problem with is survive-ability. We had achilles before Dark impale. Imo they should've just buffed dragon buster to 5 hits with zerk and keep achilles, but instead they get rid of our only way to survive seduce+1/1. There wouldn't be as many people complaining if drks never had a 1/1 protection in the first place; they had one and nexon decided to replace it.

Reply January 1, 2013 - edited
xXlinkedXx

It's their natural skill setup that makes the class have low damage. They have too many passives, and not enough 4th job attacking skills.

It's basically Dark Impale Dark Impale Dark Impale Dragon Buster Dark Impale Dragon Roar Dark Impale

Reply January 1, 2013 - edited
SombraManx

Low dmg, lack of AFA, lack of %dmg reduction pretty much it

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
bluebomber24

Well they were the best pre-4th job. If you mean whether they will ever be the best of the best in the future. Probably not. My logic, is this, Nexon can make more money around new classes. You can't advertise a new class if the old ones are comparative to it. Prime examples of this failure, is Mihile.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
iVege

@RubberDonkey: and Dark Synthesis is a worse ripoff of Wrath of Enreal.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
maple1114

I got a DrK to level 150.

I also got a Kaiser to level 120.

My kaiser out DPSed the DrK so much that it wasn't even funny. I took off all the equips besides a level 10 spear/sword to make the experiment more consistent.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
RubberDonkey

Everytime drk gets something, another job usually gets something similar but better.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
EarthsCore

Survivability, low dmg and a lack of 4th job skills pretty much sums it up.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited
Jrosen

Depends on what you deem "worst" I had the most fun with my dark knight.

Reply December 24, 2012 - edited